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OverviewIn a broad-ranging and exceptional work of cultural and art history, Marcia Pointon explores what owning, wearing, distributing, and circulating gems and jewelry has meant in the post-Renaissance history of Europe. She examines the capacity of jewels not only to fascinate but also to create disorder and controversy throughout history and across cultures. Pointon argues that what is materially precious is invariably contentious. When what is precious is a finely crafted artifact made from hard-won imported materials, the stakes become particularly high—evidenced, for example, by the political fallout from Marie-Antoinette's implication in the affair of the stolen diamond necklace. Prodigiously rich in its range of reference and truly interdisciplinary in its approach, this book challenges the reader to reassess the importance of material things as powerful agents in human relations and in visual and verbal representation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcia PointonPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 24.10cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 29.20cm Weight: 2.744kg ISBN: 9780300142785ISBN 10: 0300142781 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 15 February 2010 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book is brilliant cultural history, indeed. --Books & Culture Books & Culture “This book is brilliant cultural history, indeed.” --Books & Culture * Books & Culture * This book is brilliant cultural history, indeed. --Books & Culture * Books & Culture * Author InformationMarcia Pointon is Professor Emeritus in History of Art, Manchester University, and Honorary Research Fellow, Courtauld Institute of Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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